Most of the year, less than 10% of the river’s sediment reaches the critical Bird’s Foot Delta, according to scientists.

Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps ...

Sand, silt and clay is essential to rebuilding — or, at this point, maintaining — the fragile coastline that has been ...

SAVANNA, Ill. — Authorities are continuing the search for a missing boater after a boating accident on the Mississippi River near Carroll County on Saturday, May 31. According to Jim Klinefelter ...

Shell and Gardner said they couldn't rule out bull sharks' ability to traverse into the upper Mississippi River basin, noting that factors often cited as possible barriers, such as temperature ...

The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume of ...

View the complete video of the eruption on the USGS Facebook page, HERE. The new webcam was established at Biscut Basin only a few weeks before track activity at the Black Diamond Pool.

A recent study suggests that a monumental shift in Snake river drainage around 2.1 million years ago reshaped the topography, carving out Hells Canyon, which plunges an astonishing 2,400 m ...

(CNN) — Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is running out — but not the kind that fills lakes, streams and ...

Emergency responders are searching the Mississippi River near Savanna for a person reported missing after a boating accident over the weekend. A release from the Carroll County Emergency ...